I started writing a description of the work I was doing to finish off my arcade cabinet. I was only going write about the joystick and button wiring, but as I was doing that I started to get deeper...

This project is underway. Expect future updates. That is all.

My son pronounced aluminum ‘aluminium’. Youtube has become an entertainment medium unto itself in this house. It would likely become the go to viewing option if some people here had their way. Of ...

Best Games - Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Everyone played that 3D shooter. You probably had a shareware disc or a disc with a handwritten label that said Wolf 3D. The one where you ran, gun outstretc...

I’ve had linux installed on at least one pc in the house for the last ten or so years. It will usually be some old, or underpowered machine that I can prod back to life. Sometimes I’ll have a dual ...

Well it was that time of year again. This past weekend I participated in the Global Game Jam. The basic premise of a game jam is that you gather a room full of folks who have an interest in making...

I got the old board game Dungeon! for my boys for Christmas. Well not the old one. The new reprint version with the very impressive dragon on the top. I remembered it being a fun game, but that may...

I’m usually a woman. Let me come around and take another pass at that. I usually play a female. Maybe not usually. More like often. That is to say, in games where you can choose either a male or f...

Best Games -  Robotron 2084 Robotron starts at 780kmp/h and then presses down on the accelerator. Some games give people seizures. Robotron gives you epilepsy first and then gives you seizures. If...

Our kids will have childhood memories of their own. Memories that they will think are super awesome. We will scoff at them as somehow not as great or authentic as our memories. We will be wrong of ...